3+ hour, 56+ min ago  (423+ words) A SUNBATHER has suffered burns following an explosion on a popular beach " as 150 WW2 explosives were reportedly found in the sand. Cops have urged the public to stay away following the shock discovery at Crimdon Dene beach near Hartlepool, County Durham,…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (498+ words) THOUSANDS of people have been evacuated from Dresden after an unexploded World War 2 bomb was uncovered in the German city. A bomb squad was set to try to defuse the 250Kg British bomb which was unearthed during work in the city…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (488+ words) ONE of Britain's last Normandy invasion heroes who survived his tank being blown up has died aged 101. After fighting in France, Richard Aldred, of Callington, Cornwall drove a Cromwell tank through Belgium and Holland and into Berlin. His death was…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (417+ words) A SINKHOLE opened up beneath the 13th hole of a 99-acre golf course " revealing a long lost hidden secret beneath. Greenkeeper Steve Hopkins couldn't believe his eyes when he looked into the hole at the course in Trafford, Greater Manchester. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (317+ words) One of Britain's last surviving members of the 6th Airborne Division which took part in D Day has died aged 99. Roy Burr was one of just a handful of its troops left. The 6th Airborne Division was formed in April 1943. It took…...

2+ mon, 1+ hour ago  (818+ words) A VETERAN who survived the D-Day landings has died at the age of 100. Stan Ford was remembered as "a man who lived a life of profound service and courage. The World War Two veteran from Bath "dedicated himself to keeping…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (443+ words) A MAN was rushed to hospital with a World War I-era missile stuck in his rectum " sparking a mass hospital evacuation over fears of an explosion. Bomb disposal units rushed to the scene after doctors found a century-old artillery shell…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1346+ words) IN "super junkie" Adolf Hitler's final days, his addiction to cocaine, heroin and meth came to a head " leaving him combing the streets for a fix. As the Second World War neared its end, the Fuhrer's supply of addictive stimulants…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (395+ words) ONE of the last World War II Chindits, Pte Charlie Richards, has died, age 104. His passing leaves Sid Machin, 101, of Christchurch, Dorset, as the last survivor of this secret guerilla-style unit that fought the Japanese in Burma. Pte Richards" death…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (602+ words) Cops went door-to-door telling residents to leave TWO WW2 bombs that caused thousands to be evacuated from their homes have been blown up at sea. A major incident was declared in Devon yesterday, with schools and hotels closed and thousands of…...